Castries, Aug. 26, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — St Lucia took third place in this year’s instalment of the CBI Index – which ranked 13 countries with operational citizenship by investment programmes. Seen as an industry voice and reliable source for those looking to vet CBI programmes around the world, the
ALGIERS— France’s President Emmanuel Macron arrived in Algeria on Thursday for a three-day visit aimed at mending ties with the former French colony, which this year marked 60 years of independence.Macron landed at 3.30pm local time at Houari Boumedien…
GENEVA— Monkeypox cases fell by a fifth last week as infections in Europe dropped but the outbreak is going through “intense transmission” in the Americas, the World Health Organization said.The WHO sounded the alarm for Latin America in particular, po…
GENEVA— The World Health Organization announced that a million people had died from COVID-19 in 2022, calling it a “tragic milestone” when all the tools existed to prevent deaths.Nearly 6.45 million deaths have been reported to the WHO since the virus …
KIGALI— Rwandan President Paul Kagame on Thursday begin a four-day in-person citizen outreach programme in the western and southern provinces, the first in three years and the second in his third term.During the tour that runs until Sunday, in the dist…
ABUJA— The Nigerian government has coughed up N718.19million in contracts to private security firms for the protection of the 45-kilometre Abuja-Kaduna railway and stations.The Federal Executive Council (FEC) approved it on Wednesday, according to Fede…
ADDIS ABABA— The Chinese-built Ethiopia-Djibouti railway on Thursday started vehicle shipment from ports in Djibouti to Addis Ababa, the Ethiopian capital.The first vehicle shipment arrived at the Indode Freight Station on the outskirts of Addis Ababa….
ABUJA— The Nigerian government said Nigerian students are being killed daily in Northern Cyprus, advising Nigerians to think twice before going there.Director-General of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM), Abike Dabiri-Erewa, at the weekly M…
